I think I forgot to unload one of the grocery bags 🐈‍⬛

My Brand:

I’ve been cross stitching constantly for the past two months, but I can’t post any of my finished pieces because they’re all presents and I don’t want them to get spoiled 🥲

Looking for romance recs with a fat love interest. I’ve read Shipwrecked, How to Get A Life in Ten Dates, No Filter and Other Lies… Anyone got more for me? 😃

Me June 1st: Yeah!!! Jump into June!!!! It’s summer break!! I’m going to finish this draft!! 80,000 words!!! Let’s gooooooo!! Me June 30th with only 1200 words added: any progress is good progress…😭😭😭 #WritingCommunity

Like my new swimsuit? 🩷💜💙

Happy #Pride, everyone! Feels like we need it a little extra these days. 🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Speaking of, here’s today’s #BookHaul

Something I love: getting new books 📚 Something I don’t love: having to scoot all my books over to make room for the new ones 🫠

One of the benefits of working at an elementary school is that you get to tell old jokes to an audience that’s never heard them. I told the “why is 6 afraid of 7” joke today and it killed. 😂

Make an assumption about my WIP based on my moodboard 🍳

And that’s 35! 🥳 It’s been a wonderful year full of a lot of exciting changes! Today I got lunch at my favorite hibachi, added a few more to my book hoard, and saw a movie, all the while blissfully unaware of the football game going on without me. 😌 It’s been a good day.

Been working on a new draft of a book I haven't touched in about a year, and it's been kind of great to get into this character's head again. Reminds me why I loved this story to begin with. 🥰

My 2025 writing goals are: - keep querying - revise/edit Cooking Class YA enough to send to readers - write a first draft of Church Camp book - Read at least one book per month We’ll see how ambitious this is in a couple of months. 😅

Drawing character art and making moodboards count as writing, right? 😅

Hello Bluesky! 🦋 I'm Jo/e (Joe or Jo) and I am a writer, comic artist, and graphic novelist. My work revolves around characters as the plot drivers. I generally write mundane fantasy, and incorporate family as theme a lot. Excited to post more of my work and art!

Are you wandering and looking for your people too? Here are a few YA author buddies I see regularly posting here: @runwithskizzers.bsky.social @laurenmorrill.bsky.social @lilliamr.bsky.social @heywhitney.bsky.social @rosieethor.bsky.social @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com @tarasimauthor.bsky.social

If you see this post do it! pronouns: she/her height: 5'3” shoe size: 9ish? zodiac: Aquarius smoke: only fragrant smoke from a campfire on a crisp fall evening tattoos: none— I’m too chicken piercings: I got my ears pierced as a kid, but the holes closed up, so… no fave drink: water (yes, really)

✨Manifesting all the good news in my inbox✨ ✨🕯️✨ 🕯️ Full 🕯️ ✨ Requests ✨ 🕯️ and Offers 🕯️ ✨ of Rep ✨ 🕯️✨🕯️ ✨PLEASE UNIVERSE✨ #amquerying

It’s going to be an interesting November 🥴

HERE SHE IS, the gorgeous cover for my upcoming queer cozy fantasy, THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (March 25, Mira Books). the cover art is by Xuan Loc Xuan ❤️ book details threaded! or you can pop over to Netgalley to read a description and request an ARC 👀 #author www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

We wrapped up our no plot, all chaos and vibes writing collab today, time to go be sad in a corner But actually: it's so much fun writing with friends, it refills my creative well and feeds my soul. I will never stop loving & appreciating it @katiebenderbooks.bsky.social @shaynalambert.bsky.social

I’m a big believer in finished draft treats. 😋

And just over a year later, I have written “THE END” on the #FirstDraft of #Cooking Class YA. I have had so much fun writing this one, and I can’t wait for y’all to meet Nick and Reagan. 🥲

#sushi date to celebrate my new job! 😋 🍣 🥢

Peter and Neveah’s friendship in this book just had me going 😭🥹😭🥹 the whole time

Happy #Pride everyone! I decided to try my hand at a rainbow book stack. I’ve come to the conclusion that there aren’t enough green book spines. 😅

@shaynalambert.bsky.social did some fan art for THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (2025), so let's have the writing/the character <3 #author

Because of all the bad stuff happening at that one writing website, my friend @lillielowen.bsky.social made us a sticker tracker, and we went analog for our writing challenge this April. I wound up writing almost 24k this month! Adults really underestimate the motivating power of stickers.

When you’re testing your pens to see if they still work and you don’t want to scribble

Got my #eclipse picnic ready! So excited and lucky to be in the #PathOfTotality here in Arkansas!

I had the pleasure of making my first ever podcast appearance on the @rootingforupod.bsky.social with @peacezodanou.bsky.social and @astorytotelle.bsky.social! Come commiserate about how querying has changed, wherever you podcast! www.instagram.com/p/C3SiYpir9u...

When you were that kid who never had money for the Book Fair and now you work in a school

Writetober 2023 Day 6: Golden

Writetober 2023 Day 5: Flies

Writetober 2023 Day 4: Dodge.

Writetober 2023 Day 3: Wound

It’s that time of year, babes! Time to churn out 31 50-Word stories at a pace of roughly one story per day! Bc I wanted 31 different prompts, we’re basically doing Inktober’s evens and Writetober’s odds (thanks to @/ro.robinson.writes on IG for the Writetober list!) Here’s day 1: Dream. Enjoy!

When your husband’s version of buying you flowers 💐 is getting you some sushi 🍣 😋

I finished Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray late last night, and immediately ordered the sequel today. It’s the kind of book that reminded me why I love high fantasy. It truly took me to another world and immersed me in it. Highly recommend, y’all.

Book! 📕 Mail! ✉️ Book! 📖 Mail! 📬 Book! 📚 Mail! 📨

Don’t mind me, just being a ✨cliché✨

RIP to the man responsible for the greatest cameo in film history: Here is Jimmy Buffett in the Jurassic World Margaritaville grabbing two tropical cocktails as he flees an attack of pteranodons

Man, they’re coming out with some weird flavors of Mountain Dew these days

“I’m a really good writer, I promise,” I say as I google lay vs. lie for the five thousandth time

I hit 8600 words last night on my newest WIP, and I’m really enjoying it so far. 🥰 BAKE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO is a fat-posi YA romance about two teens who fall for each other while partnered in cooking class at school. I look forward to sharing more with y’all as I get further in the draft!

Hello, BlueSky! I’m Shayna, and I’m a YA author. Soon, I’ll be querying my fat positive YA reimagining of Pride & Prejudice set in Arkansas. I hope you all get to read it soon! I’m always looking for writer buddies, so if you write, let’s be moots! 😂